Fastener for cuffs.



No. 634,|67. Patented Oct. 3, I899.

C. M. GIDLEY.

FASTENER FOR CUFFS.

(Application filed Oct. 14, 1898;)

(No Model.)

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CONSTANOE MARY GIDLEY, OF OOLLUMPTON, ENGLAND.

FASTEN ER FOR CUFFS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 634,167, dated October 3, 1899.

Application filed October 14. 1898. $erial No.698,4=93. (No model.)

l'l') all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, OoNsTANc-E MARY GID- LEY, of Collumpton, county of Devon, England, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Fasteners for Cuffs, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my improvement is to provide a simple, cheap, and efficient fastener for cuffs, such as are worn by women with longsleeved dresses, and it is specially intended for what are commonly called turn-over cufis, or, in other Words, cuffs which are folded midway between the ends, so as to form an inner portion surrounding the wrist and an outer portion lapping over the sleeve of the dress.

My improvement consists in a wristlet or bracelet for embracing the wrist or Wrist portion of the dress-sleeve and provided with a projection or number of projections for directly or indirectly engaging the cuffas, for example, through an ordinary buttonhole or studhole formed in a cufi.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a simple form of wristlet embodying my improvement. Fig. 2 is a sectional view showing it engaged With a cuff and applied to the wrist portion of a dress-sleeve.

Similar letters of reference denote corresponding parts in both figures.

A designates a wristlet or bracelet, here shown as consisting of a piece of flexible material. Preferably it will be made of resilient material,and probably the most advantageous material for its construction will be resilient metal of some kind. I have shown this piece of material as made transversely flat and quite thin. It will be seen by this construction it will be well adapted to engage with the material of a dress-sleeve, so as to prevent it from slipping out of place. If intended to apply directly to the wrist, of course it will be made of a shape more comfortable to the of the head of a stud.

wearer. In either case it will be generally ellipsoidal, and preferably its ends will be overlapped, as they will be then less likely to become indented in the sleeve in such a way as to hurt the wearer. Obviously the ends may be sprung apart sufficiently to facilitate the placing and removing of the Wristlet or bracelet.

B designates a projection made in the form It is fastened to the middle portion of the wristlet or bracelet and is adapted to engage directly with a suitable buttonhole formed in the cuff. Obviously there may be a greater number of projections, and if it were desired to give more play to the cuff than would result from the direct engagement of a stud-like projection with the buttonhole an intermediate link or pivotal section might be employed.

By my improvement I produce a simple, cheap, and efficient means for fastening cuffs in place, and thus obviate the necessity for the expedients heretofore employed, such as ordinary pins,safety-pins, and pieces fastened to the dress-sleeve.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

A wristlet or bracelet composed of a strip of thin spring material suitably shaped to embraceand embed itself in the material of the wrist portion of a sleeve, and made with resilience tending to contract, and provided with a projection or projections for engaging a cuff.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

OONSTANOE MARY GIDLEY.

lVitnesses:

ARTHUR BURCH, RIcnD. GEORGE CoLLINs. 

